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Todays Frugal Tip: Tame Your Dollies Hair!!

March 10, 2012 by jlpenner 2 Comments

Dolls always look so pretty right out of the box- but then what is the first thing your child wants to do?  Comb it.. and what happens? It is instantly a big mess. Kinda makes you want to throw them out… but you don’t have to.  Check out this great tutorial on taming  doll hair. This is very timely for me because we got my girls some Our Generation Dolls from Target for Christmas and their hair is already crazy.

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Today’s Frugal Tip- Ride a Bike

March 7, 2012 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Ride a bike to save money on gas. This tip is not for everyone but if you have a bike are there errands you could do and avoid driving the car? If you have a frugal tip please feel free to email it to FFD. We would love to share it.

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Save $54.79 a month: Cash Only Please

March 4, 2012 by jlpenner 4 Comments

Going cash only can save you somewhere between $10-54.79 ($50ish) a month! Today’s frugal tip can be a bit of a hard one for many families these days. Credit cards are readily available and most of us have several. I know there has been some difficulty for us and we are not there yet, but getting there. Use cash only for your purchases. At the beginning of the month map out your estimated expenses and organize your cash into groups, {Read More}

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Today’s Frugal Tip: Tell Your Friends You Are Into Saving Money

March 2, 2012 by jlpenner 2 Comments

Today’s frugal tip is to spread the word that you are now saving money. You might be surprised at all your friends and family might do for you simply because they know this fact. They might: Save cans and bottles for you to recycle and get $$ for Save their Sunday coupon packs for you Give you items to sell on Ebay or Craigslist. Save Boxtops for you to donate to your child’s school. And this is only a small {Read More}

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Save $54.79 a Month (or more): Start Shopping at the Thrift Store

February 8, 2012 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Today’s frugal tip is to start shopping at the thrift store. I love thrift stores- you can pick us so many bargains. I recently picked up a pretty much new food processor for $10 and a salad spinner for $2- New these things would have been at least $40 and I picked them up for $12. Keep a list with you of the items you might like to have, but you don’t need right away, that way you can refer {Read More}

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Save $50 (Or More) a Month: Pack Your Own Lunch

February 6, 2012 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Today’s frugal tip is to start packing your own lunch. The savings on this one is pretty obvious- you can probably pack your own lunch for under $1- and unless you are going light on the $.99 menu at McDonald’s you are most definitely going to pay more than $1 for lunch. If you were spending even 4 dollars a day to buy lunch that is going to cost almost $100 a month ($1200 a year)- while packing a lunch {Read More}

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